The Stress of caregiver

1. 10% of people suffering from dementia of Alzheimer type is hospitalized in institution
2. 15% live alone
3. 25% with the family of origin
4. 50% only depends on the spouse

Often the burden of care within the family, is managed by a single person as the other members gradually leave the burden of care and delegating more and more to a single member of the family.
The family that takes care of, so is likely to be isolated and emotionally and socially isolate themselves from public life and private, to move towards a real crisis psychic.
Assist a patient suffering from Alzheimer includes aid for the majority of gestures and acts of daily life, the surveillance is necessary, both day and night and the family remains in constant alarm. The effort fisco who assists an elderly demented is not so serious because of its intensity, and for the duration that is relentlessly.

Helping the caregiver involves him understand the importance to seek and accept help from family, if available, or other external stakeholders. A group of self-help, undertaken by those who suffer from Alzheimer's, can be supportive and may represent a moment of shared problems and solutions.

It 'hard to find regular care of an individual suffering from Alzheimer's disease?
Several studies have shown that it is much more stressful to take care of a person who has lost his intellectual faculties and behavioral problems rather than deal with only one person suffering from physical problems.

1. the type of assistance required is a serious responsibility for the individual patient loses little by little his ability to judge, to express themselves, to appreciate and become increasingly dependent.
2. given the fact that the patient no longer able to express its demands are not expressed in words, this involves having to learn to understand through other means (non-verbal communication).
3. the change of personality and behavior sometimes unexpected abnormal and often are often difficult to endure so much to give sorrows even though it was aware that the patient does so without malice.
4. leads to the disease have difficulty with the pleasant moments and this may lead to a sense of loneliness and fatigue. Often one has the impression of giving without receiving anything much!
5. Finally, all these elements is added, the immense pain of seeing a loved one gradually lose and irreversibly, its autonomy and its cognitive faculties.